John D. Papageorge

Partner Indianapolis

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John has a broad litigation and risk management practice and routinely represents companies and individuals involved in complex commercial litigation, breach of contract and breach of warranty matters, real estate and easement litigation, products liability, and personal injury litigation.

John has significant experience handling litigation matters on a nationwide basis for the recreational vehicle industry. He routinely provides guidance on The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, various state lemon laws, and the relationship between a manufacturer and dealer.

As a trial lawyer, John serves as lead trial counsel and has examined numerous witnesses before juries, conducted direct and cross-examinations of expert witnesses on a variety of subject matters, successfully argued discovery and evidentiary motions before federal and state judges, and argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Seventh Circuit, and Tenth Circuit.

As part of the litigation discovery practice, John has significant experience managing electronic discovery. He has been involved in matters involving tens of millions of documents and routinely provides guidance on the retention of electronically stored documents.

John is also registered mediator in the state of Indiana.

Community involvement is very important to John. In 2010-11, he had the privilege of being a member of Class XXXV of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series. He is past Board President of Pack Away Hunger, the Central Indiana Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and the Indiana University College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Board. John is currently a member of the Indianapolis Law Club, a fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation and Indianapolis Bar Foundation, and a former Master in the Indianapolis American Inn of Court. He previously served as chair of the ISBA Litigation Section and chair of the IndianaDocs Program.

John is has three children and four grandchildren and is an avid cyclist.